--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200015 Date: 11/26/95 From: J.C. ARCHAMBEAU Time: 03:44pm \/To: LAWRENCE GARVIN (Read 11 times) Subj: Re: Linux Lawrence Garvin writes: LG> J.C., that would be four -physical- partitions per drive. Each LG> physical partition may be broken up into numerous logical partitions LG> depending on the operating system residing on that partition. I am quite aware of that, Mr. Garvin. The terminology used by some flavors of Unix and Xenix is divisions (i.e. the divvy command). It is also quite possible for two heterogenous OS'es to share a logical partition. Case and point, my MS-DOS 6.20 D: drive and my entire Linux system is sharing an extended partition. ISC refers to them as partitions which are in /etc/partitions. It's a matter of what terminology the Unix vendor chooses to use. I try to be as interchangeable with the terminology since one Unix vendor uses one term and another uses the other. Regardless of the terminology used, the concept behind it is the same. The basic idea is that it is a partition within a physical partition. This nested partitioning scheme is how one generally gets around the four 'physical' partition limition imposed by an MS-DOS fdisk compatable MBR. LG> The physical partitioning limitation is imposed by the fdisk software LG> and the conventional specifications for the layout of the masterboot LG> block on a hard drive. I am quite aware of that. Since Mr. Pearce didn't know the reasoning behind the four logical, or physical if you will, partitions, I only went to the trouble of explaining that it's an established standard by a product of Citizen Gates. JCA ... H&K: In a world of compromise, some men don't... ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- HyperMail! v1.22 * Origin: HyperMail! - Feel the *Power* (1:209/7211) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200016 Date: 11/25/95 From: PHILLIP BARKER Time: 02:28pm \/To: IAIN HIBBERT (Read 11 times) Subj: Re: Terminal Server/Print Hello, Iain! :> IH| actually, this is something I thought of - I could get a cheap 286 with IH| buffered serial card and a cheap ethernet card, and would only have to fin IH| some IH| (preferably cheap :) software to make it run as a print station would. IH| in fact, a cheap 8086 machine might even do it. Yes, that should work nicely! :) ...Cheers!....Phil * SLMR 2.1 * What goes around often gets dizzy and falls right over. --- WM v3.11/92-0603 * Origin: EarthRite|+1.541.348.2505 Supra v.fc/V34 (1:356/22.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200017 Date: 11/25/95 From: PHILLIP BARKER Time: 02:38pm \/To: LAWRENCE GARVIN (Read 11 times) Subj: 2:380/123 Hello, Lawrence! :) Can anything be done about the posts in Slovenian? I hope they relate to Unix in some way but cannot read them. Cheers!....Phil Example follows: ------------------------- Hrvati niste za poglobljene verbalne razprave (svinje zagovedene!), ampak vseeno... Prokleti PSI Hrvaski! Ungeziefer! Smrdljive podgane! Usivi cigani! + 100 Croatian Dicks + 100 Croatian Brains = 1 Slovenian Dick! % Origin: IUS-INFO BBS, Ljubljana, Slovenija (2:380/123) * SLMR 2.1 * If it's not on fire, it's a software problem. --- WM v3.11/92-0603 * Origin: EarthRite|+1.541.348.2505 Supra v.fc/V34 (1:356/22.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200018 Date: 11/26/95 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 10:54pm \/To: PHILLIP BARKER (Read 11 times) Subj: 2:380/123 Phillip Barker said in a message to Lawrence Garvin: PB> Hello, Lawrence! :) PB> Can anything be done about the posts in Slovenian? I hope PB> they relate to Unix in some way but cannot read them. Already working on it, Phillip. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: The Enchanted Forest | Houston, Texas (1:106/6018) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200019 Date: 11/25/95 From: PHIL LENFESTEY Time: 10:48am \/To: ALL (Read 11 times) Subj: Compliance? I apologise in advance if this is deemed off-topic, but I think I am more likely to find someone who knows in here. My question is this: Does anyone know what parts of Linux are X-Open compliant? I would like to be able to say exactly what parts are 'standard' on my CV. Any reply greatly appreciated. ... I'm sorry, were the voices in my head bothering you? _____ __ _ __ __ \___*\\*\_\*\\*\\*\ Internet Phil.Lenfestey@blackice.conqueror.co.uk /*___//*****//*//*/__ /_/ /_/ /_//_//____/ Fidonet 2:255/78.1 -+- OLMS 2.5p UNREG --- * Origin: Black Ice ECS (2:255/78) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200020 Date: 11/25/95 From: PHIL LENFESTEY Time: 10:27pm \/To: GARY GREEN (Read 11 times) Subj: UNIX GG> connected to a 486 P.C. running an obscure operating system CDOS by any chance? GG> how would we implement UNIX in this operation? Commercially you could go for SCO, or else slackware Linux, whici is basically free. ... Look after the pennies and the BMWs will look after themselves. _ |_) |_ " | Internet: Phil.Lenfestey@blackice.conqueror.co.uk ) ) ) ) ) Woofo Net: 2:255/78.1 -+- OLMS 2.5p UNREG --- * Origin: Black Ice ECS (2:255/78) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200021 Date: 11/24/95 From: KEITH HALLOCK Time: 09:07pm \/To: BARRY PEARCE (Read 11 times) Subj: DosEmu Hi Barry, BP> In the UK we have LINUX_UK....request that echo instead or find a BP> anther bbs that carries it... Can you send me this please, or do you have a list of BBS's that carry it? Thanks in anticipation of your response. Keith - fax (01322) 401587 - from Dartford in Kent ... He's got Blue Wave fever and it's spreading through the message bases! --- Blue Wave/RA v2.12 [NR] * Origin: Chemi-Call BBS * Dartford * Kent * UK * +44-1322-278652 (2:440/51) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200022 Date: 11/26/95 From: ROBERT MILLER Time: 12:40am \/To: LAWRENCE GARVIN (Read 11 times) Subj: Help with script -> Robert Miller said in a message to All: -> -> RM> I am using SCO Enterprise 5.0, and am having trouble not being -> RM> able to execute a simple script as root by other users, see -> RM> below. -> -> RM> x=`expr $1 : '\(...\)'` -> RM> if [ "$x" = "tty" ] -> RM> then -> RM> chmod 666 /dev/$1 -> RM> fi -> -> Messing with the permissions on a tty file is NOT a good idea. The ke -> and /etc/login manage these permissions (and ownership) based on the -> of the line and the user logged in. -> -> Arbitrarily changing these values may create in unpredictable -> results. -> -> RM> chmod 2711 scoo -> -> Was this line part of the script, or issued at a command prompt? It -> arrived here with carraige returns after the 'fi', so it was -> difficult to determine. It was to illustrate what permission I put on the file. And yes it was to change the permissions of the file scoo to execute as root. -> -> RM> ~bob: l scoo -> RM> -rwxr-sr-x 1 root acct 71 Oct 31 16:56 scoo -> -> RM> That should give it a sticky bit so that when a user executes -> RM> the script it is as the owner which is root, however, it -> RM> doesn't work that way. -> -> Well now, are you wanting to place the sticky bit on the file, or mak -> file suid so it can be executed with root permissions (NOT a good ide -> or did you want to make the file sgid -- which is what it appears to Hmmm, didn't notice that it was SGID till now. -> -> The command: -> -> chmod 4711 scoo Thanks, that is what I was missing...I want it to execute as root by any user, and it will be placed in the printer script file. -> -> will make the file suid (set user ID), and, again, I strongly -> recommend that you NOT do that with a shell script owned by root. -> -> RM> I want to put this script in the printer interface files for -> RM> pass thru printing so that a user does not have to be logged -> RM> onto the terminal for others to use the printer. -> -> If your passthru printing is properly configured, it should not requi -> that the user be logged in at all. However, it IS necessary that the -> the end of the terminal connection have it's terminal software runnin -> that the Unix box can see the port and printer. You can not print to a device that defaults to crw_______...It is owned by bin.. Right not I have in the .profile "tty|xargs chmod 666" to accomplish my goals but the script should be cleaner and more effective with out having the tty device always writable. I was going to put another script in the interface file to change it back when the print job is complete. -> -> If you're using a 'dumb' terminal, then that terminal merely needs -> to be turned on. Thats where you are wrong, my problem is, we share pass thru printers and those printers can only be printed to by the person that logged onto that port. Further even if no one is logged on to a particular port, you can not write to it since it defaults back to cwr_______. This script being placed into the printer interface file will not allow anyone to use it for any other reason then to change the rw permissions of a tty device. Since all the users on the system are unlearned on how to get around Unix with the exception of their application files it is extremely unlikely that anyone will know that it even exists. Thanks for your help... --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Time-Out BBS *610-857-2648* 19.2 ZyXEL *PA* (1:2626/203.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CG200023 Date: 11/26/95 From: APU KAPADIA Time: 06:10pm \/To: JOHN POLTORAK (Read 11 times) Subj: Where is REXEC? JP>My Solaris machine is running a REXEC daemon without any probs and I can >REXEC programs from my remote machine just fine... But I can't find a EXEC >client program on my Solaris box, even though there is a man page for it! Dosen't `find / -name rexec* -print` work? Apu. * QMPro 1.02 12-1234 * A husband is proof that a wife can take a joke. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.11 * Origin: Live Wire! BBS (6:606/1.0)